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Plus innovation at Arby’s, Broken Yolk Café, Burgerville, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Dog Haus, Duck Donuts, Eddie Merlot’s, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Krispy Kreme, Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub, Original Chop Shop, Potbelly, The Red Chickz, Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard, Roy Rogers, Savvy Sliders, Scooter’s Coffee, Sullivan’s Steakhouse, Taco Bell, Tacombi, Ted’s Montana Grill, Tijuana Flats, Velvet Taco, Via 313, and Vicious Biscuit
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Lent is approaching pretty fast — it starts on March 5 —so seafood items are being rolled out as limited-time-offers at a number of chains, including Arby’s, Del Taco , Roy Rogers, and, arguably, Cracker Barrel, which is rolling out a bunch of seasonal items, including two Lent-friendly shrimp dishes.
There has been debate as to whether plant-based meat analogs are kosher for Fridays during Lent (the broad consensus is: sure, why not?) So, the Plant-Based Power Wrap at Broken Yolk Café would qualify as Lenten, too.
There are several new interesting collaborations. Wendy’s has teamed up with the Girl Scouts for a Thin Mints Frosty, Taco Bell has new churros developed in collaboration with New York City-based dessert concept Milk Bar, Duck Donuts has some new pastries in celebration of the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 on Paramount+, Krispy Kreme has movie-night themed doughnuts in collaboration with Hulu, apparently to promote snacking while watching movies at home, and Dog Haus worked with food influencer Josh Elkin to develop The Big Hac, which replaces the slice of bread in the McDonald’s item for which it’s named with a grilled cheese sandwich.
There are also some more conventional branded items, such as Rita’s Italian Ice’s use of Hershey’s products, and Scooter’s Coffee’s use of Lucky Charms cereal.
Wingstop has upgraded its chicken tenders; they’re crispier now. And there are also new chicken items from Savvy Sliders, Burgerville, Original Chop Shop, and Vicious Biscuit.
Sister concepts Eddie Merlot’s and Sullivan’s Steakhouse are now offering caviar service, and Ted’s Montana Grill has hopped on the smash burger bandwagon.
Tacombi has birria ramen, which may seem novel, but Del Taco actually rolled out a similar item two years ago.
Jersey Mike’s now has an extra hot version of Mike’s Hot Honey to squirt on subs, Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub has new lunch specials, Via 313 has brought back its pickle pizza, and Tijuana Flats has some new street tacos.
Potbelly and The Red Chickz have new mac & cheese variations, and Velvet Taco’s Weekly Taco Feature is inspired by Chicago-style sausage & peppers.
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